Michelle Obama Tweets Phone Number of Former White House Staff Member

Any White House employee would likely appreciate a public shout-out from the former first lady, but this probably wasn’t what Duncan Wolfe had in mind.

Michelle Obama’s Twitter account sent out the filmmaker’s personal cellphone number to her 7.7 million followers on Friday. The tweet contained no text aside from the phone number, and it was quickly deleted, but not before many had taken notice.

The tweet was an accident, not the result of hacking, according to an official who works for the Obamas.

The voice mailbox on the number was full, as you might expect after a former first lady sent your number to millions of people. But Mr. Wolfe’s name was in the voice mail greeting, and the number matched the one on his personal website.

Of course, there have been far more embarrassing occasions in politics of publicly tweeting something that was meant to stay private. Nor is this the first time a political figure has blasted out a phone number.